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Two Board Members of MAF arrested in Syria
A patrol of the military security branch in Aleppo arrested two members of the Board of Trustees of the Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF: • the poet and activist Abdul Hafeez Abdo Rahman, • the... Read more
Syrian Kurd coming from Germany is arrested at Damascus airport
Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF reports that Shams al-Din Khalil, aged 46, who has lived in Germany for sixteen years went back to Syria, and was stopped at the international airport in... Read more
Human rights activist and lawyer Radif Mustafa is prevented from traveling outside Syria
Human rights organizations in Syria condemn the long-term decision by the Government that has prevented the Chair of the Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria al-Rased, and co-ordinator of the Syrian... Read more
Kurdish MPs’ arrest in Belgium unwelcome – Ludford
Reacting to the news that two Kurdish former MPs from Turkey, Remzi Kartal and Zubeyir Aydar, have been detained among a group of 30 people arrested in Belgium, Liberal Democrat European justice &... Read more
Kurdish demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy – London, 12 March 2010
The Sixth Anniversary of the Western Kurdistan’s Uprising Kurdish demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy Syrian Embassy Address: 8 Belgrave Square London – SW1X 8PH on 12 March 2010... Read more
Demonstration to support Berivan – London, 12 March 2010
Join the demonstration in front of Turkish Embassy to raise your voice against jailing of Berivan, a 15 year Kurdish girl, who was recently jailed for 8 years for allegedly throwing stones at armoured... Read more
Trial of the student Waleed Hussein adjourned
Waleed Hussein appeared before the individual military judge in Qamishli on 22 February 2010, and his case was adjourned for sentencing until 23 March 2010. This hearing was for the defence to put his... Read more
Arrest of two more Kurdish men in Syria
Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria al-Rased has been informed by sources close to the families of the detainees – • Montaser Ahmed Khalaf, a photographer and owner of a computer café in... Read more
The continuing State of Emergency in Syria
Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria al-Rased reports that Mohammed Salih Khalil, a member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Kurdish Party in Syria al-Party appeared before the military... Read more
Killed for singing a Kurdish folk song in Turkey
ANKARA, — Young man Emrah Gezer was killed because of a Kurdish folk song. Kurdish politicians and artists experience backlashes for using the Kurdish language despite the easing of regulations in the... Read more
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Syrian Human Rights Committee (UK), ‘SHRC Ninth Annual Report on Human Rights in Syria 2010′, 16/02/2010
SHRC Ninth Annual Report on Human Rights in Syria 2010 (Covering the period January to December 2009) Contents 1. Contents 2. Preface 3. The calamity of the activists of human rights and the civil society 4.... Read more
Human Rights Watch, ‘World Report 2010: Syria’, 20/01/2010
EVENTS OF 2009 Syria’s poor human rights situation deteriorated further in 2009, as the authorities arrested political and human rights activists, censored websites, detained bloggers, and imposed... Read more
Kurdish Autonomy Calls Split Dissidents
Opposition wants to retain unitary Syrian state, rejects self-rule for Kurds. By an IWPR-trained reporter (SB No. 94, 25-Feb-10) A rift has emerged between Kurdish opposition groups and other Syrian... Read more
Report from Kurdwatch
Al Qamishli: Former PKK militant must continue to await a verdict February 13, 2010 – On February 9, 2010, the single military judge in al Qamishli postponed the decision in the case of Mihemed Selahedîn... Read more
Treating minors as terrorists stirs controversy
Title Turkey: Treating minors as terrorists stirs controversy Publisher EurasiaNet Country Turkey Publication Date 1 June 2009 Cite as EurasiaNet, Turkey: Treating minors as terrorists stirs... Read more
HRW World Report 2010: Syria
Syria’s poor human rights situation deteriorated further in 2009, as the authorities arrested political and human rights activists, censored websites, detained bloggers, and imposed travel bans.... Read more
Kurdish leaders detained for advocating Kurdish autonomy in Syria
Hassan Ibrahim Saleh is a member of the political committee of the Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria. He was born in 1947, and is married with eight children. He is a retired teacher with a degree in geography.... Read more
Iran: Halt executions of Kurdish and other political prisoners
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement 12 January 2010 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities not to execute at least 17 members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, including one woman... Read more
Sentences of four to six years handed down to Kurdish political detainees in Syria
According to the Kurdish organisation for the defence of human rights and general liberties in Syria – DAD and the Syrian Committee for Human Rights – MAD, the infamous Supreme State Security Court... Read more
Sentencing without trial in Syria
The Executive Committee of the Democratic Union Party – PYD raises concerns about Seydou Rashid Ali, born in 1973 in the village Jabiliya near Afrin, who was arrested in Qamishli on 3 January 2009.... Read more
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Kurdish demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy – London, 12 March 2010
The Sixth Anniversary of the Western Kurdistan’s Uprising Kurdish demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy Syrian Embassy Address: 8 Belgrave Square London – SW1X 8PH on 12 March 2010 from 14.00 to 15.30 Read More →
Turkey and the Kurdish conflict:European Parliament, Brussels 3rd & 4th February 2010
“Turkey and the Kurdish conflict: Political dialogue & Peace-building” European Parliament, Brussels 3rd & 4th February 2010 – Room ASP 1G2 (Interpretation available in EN – TK – FR – DE – PT – IT – DA) Patrons Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa Dr.... [Read more of this review]
Call to Action: KURDISH POLITICAL ACTIVISTS DETAINED IN SYRIA
Four Kurdish political activists were detained on 26 December in Syria, and have been held incommunicado since then. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Hassan Saleh, Muhammad Ahmed Mustafa and Ma’rouf Mulla Ahmed – all senior members of the unauthorized Syrian Kurdish Yeketi Party in Syria – and Anwer Naso, also a... [Read more of this review]
Kurdish man at imminent risk of execution in Iran 23 January 010
LONDON,— The Iranian authorities must not execute a Kurdish man on death row whose transfer to solitary confinement last week raises fears that his execution could be imminent, said Amnesty International. Habibollah Latifi was sentenced to death in July 2008 after he was convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God) in connection with his membership... [Read more of this review]
40 Swedish members of parliament signed a petition to lift the death sentences against the Kurds in Eastern Kurdistan (Iran)
Rescind the death sentence against the Kurdish activists! Developments in Iran since the election in June 2009 have been changeble. In the Kurdish area in which a state of emergency exists, the Iranian regime has grown even more repressive. The Kurdish people have the highest number of death row political prisoners. In Iran, there are currently... [Read more of this review]
The Kurdish issue in Turkey is one of the key issues that must be resolved effectively before Turkey can accede to the Union.
12 January 2010: Debate in Parliament Mr. Andrew Pelling (Croydon, Central) (Ind): It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Hood, and I am grateful for the opportunity for this debate. I am pleased to see the Minister. I admire him greatly for his conscientiousness in his task, and for his care and concern about the issues for which he... [Read more of this review]
The Kurdish political writer Hooshang Osei seeking asylum
We at International Support Kurds in Syria Association – SKS have been approached for help by a prominent Kurdish writer from Syria, who is currently in Turkey. We are writing to ask you to support him in whatever way you can as he has a well-founded fear of persecution in Syria, and in Turkey. The following information has been provided to us directly... [Read more of this review]
Sign the petition for the release of Kurdish politicians arrested in Turkey
We have to stand together now and stand behind all the victims of political repression.” ~ Bernadette Devlin. While US and western media have been busy promoting the cause of “democracy” in Iran, they have remained suspiciously silent over the ongoing crackdown against democratically elected Kurdish politicians in Turkey. Since 24... [Read more of this review]
Ibrahim Burro is released from prison in Syria
Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria announced today that Ibrahim Burro has been released from prison in Syria. He was arrested in April 2009 and sentenced in October 2009 for belonging to a ’secret organisation’. He was given a warm reception upon his release by people from his Party and leaders of other Kurdish political parties in Syria. Fouad... [Read more of this review]
Amnesty International – Syria: Kurdish lawyer detained, risks torture
Kurdish lawyer Mustafa Ismail was detained on 12 December, and has been held incommunicado since then. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Mustafa Ismail, who writes about the treatment of Kurds in Syria and Turkey for a number of foreign-based websites, was detained when he wentto the Air Force Security Branch in the northern city of... [Read more of this review]
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